Tuesday Overnight Open Thread (8/15/23)

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I don’t think somebody who is a woman, who’s worked really hard for her achievements, should be forced to compete against a biological man in a swim competition. I don’t think that somebody who’s a woman that respects her bodily autonomy and dignity should be forced to change clothes in a locker room with a man. That’s not freedom, that’s oppression. Vivek Ramaswamy

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“They were frightened I was going to tell the truth about what the officer had done. That is why I put a complaint straight in,” Unnamed mother of autistic child who said something not nice

Quote III

“Is my future as Speaker dependent on holding the five seats we picked up in California? Yeah. We have our entire majority because we won in California. We picked up those House seats over two cycles,” Speaker of The House, Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)

Well of course, National Review doesn't care for this song.

Nolte: National Review Executive Editor Attacks Oliver Anthony – ‘Don’t Understand Adulation’
An everyday man comes out of rural Virginia with a folk song empathetic to the working class, and the executive editor of National Review is triggered into attacking him and the song.

This establishment elite is so above it all he dissects “Rich Men North of Richmond” lyric by lyric. Honestly, the best way to read these excerpts is in the voice of Thurston Howell III:

Anyone who has lived in a tourist locaton has hated tourists at least once, if not not more. (Don't ask me how I know.)

'You're kind of raised to hate tourists': Maui fires fan tensions on Hawaiian island

At Maui's Wailea Beach on Monday the skies were bright and clear. Luxury hotels lined the beachfront, their guests spread on the sand. Some waded in the ocean, while others sat under umbrellas with white monogrammed towels on their chairs.

Inside one of the hotels, beyond a pool, a two-tiered fountain and a glass-walled habitat for the resident parrot, was a wooden-framed screen advertising a relief fund for the resort's employees - the first sign of the destruction in Lahaina, just 30 miles (48km) up the coast.

In the wake of the wildfires, the deadliest in modern US history, frustration at tourists who have chosen to carry on with their holidays has grown. Many in Maui say the devastation has highlighted what is known as the "two Hawaiis" - one built for the comfort of visitors and another, harsher Hawaii left to Hawaiians.

I'm shocked, surprised and dismayed. All at the same time. Oregon's foray into the world of drug legalization has not gone well. Are you as shocked as I am?

The Sad Truth About Drug Legalization
Oregon’s drug legalization “hasn’t gone as planned,” according to The Atlantic, and has been “an unmitigated disaster,” according to Oregon Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West — and does this former legalization proponent have a few things to say about that.

Measure 110 was voted into law in 2020, effectively legalizing even the hardest of drugs. 58.5% of Oregon voters checked “Yes” to “making personal non-commercial possession of a controlled substance no more than a Class E violation (max fine of $100 fine [sic]).” While technically only decriminalizing everything from shrooms to fentanyl, the lax penalties mean it isn’t worth a cop’s time to get involved — even against commercial possession; i.e., dealers.

If it were me, I really don't care. Pilot reveals exactly what happens to your body if you die on a plane

A pilot and flight attendant have revealed exactly what happens if you die on a plane including whether or not your journey will be delayed and where they store the body

It’s not the cheeriest of subjects to think about or discuss but every now and again someone does die while travelling on a plane. This usually has nothing to do with the actual journey itself but rather the result of a medical emergency or old age. Either way, it’s terribly sad and upsetting for everyone involved.

If you’ve ever sat and pondered your death and what might happen if you do pass away on a flight, then read on as a commercial pilot has revealed everything. Discussing the answer in the Newark Advertiser, the flyer admitted that although it was something every flight crew was trained for they hoped they never had to experience.

On this day: August 15, 1969 - Woodstock
Woodstock Festival was held on Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm in Bethel outside New York. Attended by over 400,000 people, the event featured, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Santana, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shanker, Country Joe and the Fish, Blood Sweat and Tears, Arlo Guthrie, and Joe Cocker. During the three days there were three deaths, two births and four miscarriages.

Born on this day: August 15,1946 - Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb American singer, songwriter who wrote the 1968 hit for Richard Harris 'MacArthur Park', plus 'Galveston', for Glen Campbell (and other hits for Campbell), and 'Up Up and Away', a hit for 5th Dimension. According to BMI, his song 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix' was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 and 1990. Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration. via thisdayinmusic.com

This guy and the system are Genius Award Winners.

’29-time convicted felon’ apparently tried faking a heart attack to get out of fentanyl trafficking arrest and failed miserably

A Florida man who as of 2019 was a “29-time convicted felon” facing sentencing for counterfeiting Federal Reserve notes is now accused of trying to fake a heart attack to get out of a fentanyl trafficking case — just months after he was let out of federal prison.

She's living in a different world, The Genius Award Winner world.

Florida woman poured Mountain Dew over herself to erase evidence after arrest. It didn't work.

The eyes say it all.........

Smart planning. In case the marriage doesn't work out, the bride & groom won't be homeless. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

Two residents at a retirement village have got married after meeting there and getting a second chance at love.

Christopher Streets, 82 and Rosa, 81, are residents at the St Monica Trust’s, Chocolate Quarter Retirement Village in Keysham, Somerset.

The couple tied the knot at the end of July, 18 months after they first met at a coffee morning.

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